Obama can't run a website

Barack Obama's official campaign website includes charming forum postings from the candidate's fans along these lines:

-- Jews should be "burned" and "thrown in the oven."
-- Israel murdered 6 million Arabs.
-- Israel is leading a "Holocaust" against Palestinians.
-- Jews control American politics.

If you're looking to spew anti-Semitic hate, it would seem Obama's official campaign website is your one-stop shop.

While the campaign refuses to discuss these postings found in a casual perusal of the site by WND, it is worth noting that the policy of the website
is to remove offensive content once it is brought to the attention of the site's administrators.

This policy raises several questions for me as an Internet entrepreneur and journalist:

I'm not running for president, just running a large news website, but I wouldn't think of publishing the rantings of the public in an un-moderated
forum. If I did, I would expect content like the above to find its way onto the site – if not from WND readers, certainly from those who hate WND.

If I were running for president, I can assure you I would have standards at least as high as I do for WND content – meaning it is reckless and
irresponsible to an extreme to permit such racist, hate-filled content to be published.

If the Obama campaign is not getting complaints about this content from its supporters, what does that suggest about the character of its fans?
If Obama can't run a website, how can we expect him to serve as commander in chief?

Keep in mind, Barack Obama has never had a real job in his life. By "real job" I mean one out of government – in the private sector where
performance actually counts. By "real job" I mean something more productive than "community organizer." By "real job" I mean one that requires a
basic understanding of the marketplace. By "real job" I am thinking of something that requires making payroll, hiring and firing, evaluating talent,
setting company policy.

Obama hasn't done anything like that in his young life.

Yes, he briefly taught constitutional law, but his public life shows he has no comprehension of the meaning of the Constitution.

There are thousands of racist and hate-filled postings like the sample above. Obama and his administrators must certainly know about it but let it
continue though his "policy" is to ban offensive content.

No, you are making the assumption that Obama actively sits down and runs his website. He probably hired some kid or a company to do this for him. I
bet he didn't even hire the person, his campaign people did.

There is hate filled on ATS also, so what's your point?

What does having your website on a jet have to do with who runs the site. Yes, the comparison was substantial. Bill Gates doesn't even need
Microsoft.com on his jet, because anyone can easily associate Bill Gates with Microsoft. Duh...

This may be sort of off topic but i thought it was kinda interesting that on Obama's website i couldnt find anything about the 2nd Amendment. While
John Mccain's website was quite different, it had a whole section on it.

k i'm tired of everyone jumping on obama for some pretty ignorant stuff. woman put nude photos on myspace as people put controversial comments on
that sight. i bet they're removed from both sights. look at how obama has played his campaign in comparison to mccain. he's played it a lot more
honest then mccain has. every mccain ad i see is another crazy shot at obama, so if you want a president that plays it that way go ahead and vote,
because you are an ignorant person for not seeing through all the BS. as for flip-flopping, do you not change your mind when confronted with a better
solution to a problem? now i may get flamed for this, but i really see mccain as a person who wears a mask in public, i'm pretty shure he is a
rascist and a coldhearted person. so what he was a POW in vietnam, he still hates the "gooks" to this day, and i'd bet he'll be repulsed upon the
sight of a "tar baby" growing up to take a place in the white house. I've seen attacks at obama from all sides, and i have noticed more profound
problems in mccains morals. so why is everyone finding something wrong with this guy, huh? mccain is bush, thats what i basically have to say, what do
you have to say, his name sounds muslim, he had a very opinionated pastor, his webpage had people (not related in any manner to him) write some
controversial stuff? i don't even have anything else to say besides that you should look at the guy you want to vote for as well as his opponent.

Jet, sometimes i wonder if you're not working overtime for the McCain camp!

But seriously, folks. It's not Obama's fault that there are some derogatory remarks on his website. If we're using that logic, then the creators of
ATS must be hate filled cretins based on some of the content i've been reading lately! But we know that's not true.

Besides, at least Obama knows what a website is. John McCain has admitted that he knows next to nothing about computers! When I think of John McCain
using a computer, I think about a monkey discovering a tool for the first time.

Sorry, we're gonna have to throw this non-story back for now. Thanks, bye!

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